Chronic low back pain and disability: The efficacy of functional restoration

Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 213-216

  Hazard, Rowland G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b Spine Institute of New England   (United States)

Author keywords

disability evaluation; low back pain; rehabilitation, outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISABILITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIALS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029907011     PISSN: 00185647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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